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beid-tool

NAME

beid-tool − generic smart card utility

SYNOPSIS

beid-tool [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

The beid-tool utility can be used from the command line to perform miscellaneous smart card operations such as getting the card ATR or listing the PC/SC compliant smartcard readers that are installed.

OPTIONS

−−atr, −a

Print the Answer To Reset (ATR) of the card (output is in hexadecimal notation). format

−−name, −n

Identify the card and print its name

−−list−readers, −l

Lists all configured readers

−−reader num, −r num

Select a reader (default = 0)

−−wait, −w

Wait for a card to be inserted

SEE ALSO

beid-pkcs11-tool(1)

AUTHORS

beid-tool is based on opensc-tool (www.opensc.org) written by <juha DOT yrjola AT iki DOT fi> and adapted for the Belgian national eID card by Zetes NV/SA (www.zetes.com). This manpage was based on the opensc-tool manpage by Joe Phillips <joe DOT phillips AT innovationsw DOT com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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